Case Report

Methylmalonic acidemia with pancytopenia: a case report

10.5350/BTDMJB.20141224071649

  • Osman Baştuğ
  • Mehmet Adnan Öztürk
  • Levent Korkmaz
  • Şeyma Memur
  • Hülya Halis
  • Fatih Kardaş
  • Ekrem Ünal
  • Selim Kurtoğlu

Received Date: 24.12.2014 Accepted Date: 06.04.2015 Med J Bakirkoy 2018;14(1):138-141

Methylmalonic acidemia is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder in the group of organic acidemia. The precise incidence in our country is unknown. Clinic aspect of methylmalonic acidemia in the neonatal period include usually heavy ketosis, metabolic acidosis, hyperammonemia, pancytopenia, coma, and death.

We represent a case of 56 days female infant who has pancytopenia but hasn’t organic acidemia findings with a diagnosis of methylmalonic acidemia, to emphasize the difficulties in diagnosing.

Keywords: Methylmalonic acidemia, pancytopenia, infant